Adam Levin

JUNE 1, 2020

Leaked information included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, and IP addresses. Leaked information included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, and IP addresses. The post Joomla CMS Discloses Data Leak appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Meta Digs in Heels on Encryption. Government Encryption Fight. The fight for encryption can be summarized by the arguments of two sides: government and business. Both agree that encryption is useful - the question at hand is, what is the cost of using encryption? Meta Commits to Encryption. brooke.crothers.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website. In 2013, Yahoo was the target of what is still the largest breach of data in history, with over 3 billion accounts getting compromised. According to the 2019 Verizon Security Report , 34% of breaches involved internal actors. SSL Certificates.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 17, 2019

Data breaches are at an epidemic level with healthcare organizations experiencing the highest attack rate compared to any other industry studied according to the new Thales 2019 Data Threat Report-Healthcare Edition. They’re counting on the fact that only 38% or less of healthcare organizations encrypt data. A password can be updated.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. The hacker used that access to send tweets from a variety of popular and trusted accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, as part of a mundane scam -- stealing bitcoin -- but it's easy to envision more nefarious scenarios.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This might be your boss, or somebody from HR, IT, or accounting departments. Instead of making itself known by encrypting files and displaying a ransom note, ransomware quietly stays in your system and scans the network for other vulnerabilities. It encrypts your files and displays a typical ransom note.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

Group-IB , a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, found out that the year of 2019 was marked by ransomware evolution and was dominated by increasingly aggressive ransomware campaigns, with its operators resorting to more cunning TTPs, reminding those of APT groups to get their victims shell out.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt. Barrie said the hacker was able to read messages and notes left on escrow.com’s account at GoDaddy that only GoDaddy employees should have been able to see. Running a reverse DNS lookup on this 111.90.149[.]49

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this case, the session cookie was an authentication token, described in the report as a "2FA-backed SSO session" cookie. This is a kind of authentication cookie that is stored by a web browser after you successfully log in to a website. In 2019 , the company was breached following a supply chain attack against its analytics vendor.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

It does this by performing an NTLM relay attack that does not rely on the Microsoft’s Print System Remote Protocol (MS-RPRN) API but instead uses the EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function of the Microsoft Encrypting File System Remote Protocol (MS-EFSRPC) API. The authentication process does not require the plaintext password.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

Security researcher Gilles Lionel (aka Topotam ) has discovered a vulnerability in the Windows operating system that allows an attacker to force remote Windows machines to authenticate and share their password hashes with him. “PoC tool to coerce Windows hosts to authenticate to other machines via MS-EFSRPC EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft. Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. It consists of two components, the loader and the encrypted main payload. The backdoor uses AES-ECB encryption for C2 communications.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

According to Varonis and RiskBased, over 4 billion records were illegally accessed through data breaches in 2019. Among many other benefits, a VPN encrypts these files and keeps the online activity private by masking a user’s real IP address. Here are the different ways in which a VPN elevates cybersecurity: Encryption.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

On December 23, 2019, unknown attackers began contacting customer support people at OpenProvider , a popular domain name registrar based in The Netherlands. “But a registrar should not act on instructions coming from a random email address or other account that is not even connected to the domain in question.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

“Fortunately, TGH’s monitoring systems and experienced technology professionals effectively prevented encryption, which would have significantly interrupted the hospital’s ability to provide care for patients.” Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Stop malicious encryption.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 22, 2019

Another year has come and gone, and consumers are still using the same old bad passwords to protect their accounts. Despite repeated predictions of its demise as a security protocol, the use of passwords to protect accounts isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Here’s the top 25: 1. 123456789.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

NTT Research opened its doors in Silicon Valley in July 2019 to help nurture basic research in three subject areas that happen to be at the core of digital transformation: quantum physics, medical informatics and cryptography. Lots of big companies sponsor basic research; it’s how progress gets made. billion annually for R&D projects.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Read our guide on privilege escalation attacks next to learn about the detection and prevention strategies for your privileged accounts and data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

As reported in the UK Finance “Fraud: The Facts” 2020 report, the theft of personal and financial data through data breaches was a major contributor to fraud losses in 2019. Criminals use personal and financial data to impersonate customers and add apparent authenticity to a scam. Strong Customer Authentication (SCA).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

GitHub Enterprise Server and GitLab patched their authentication bypass and XSS issues. May 21, 2024 GitHub Enterprise Server Update Fixes SAML Authentication Bypass Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass. QNAP released upgrades for their NAS devices after facing a stack buffer overflow flaw. 3.11.10, 3.10.12, and 3.9.15.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

Your business can use LastPass to maintain unique passwords for each employee’s online accounts—a critical practice for modern cybersecurity health. Two unique features that LastPass offers are support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO). Notable LastPass features: MFA, SSO, and more. LastPass pricing.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June the group announced the LockBit 2.0 ransomware. This activity has occurred across multiple industry sectors.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June 2021 the group announced the LockBit 2.0 attempts to encrypt any data saved to any local or remote device but skips files associated with core system functions.” Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0 ” reads the flash alert.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. Anyone with sensitive data stored in the cloud is vulnerable in the event of data breach, so enforce strong encryption, authentication, and patching measures.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

You probably don’t recall creating an account on the Verifications.io Email verifiers are online services that allow marketers and salespeople to verify that the email address you used to create an account, sign up for a newsletter or make an order on their website is real and valid. platform or River City Media.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. The passwords are said to have been protected by “weak encryption”, an absolute security no-no.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The Zeppelin ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in November 2019 when experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

But according to an in-depth analysis shared with KrebsOnSecurity by security researcher Paul Marrapese , iLnkP2P devices offer no authentication or encryption and can be easily enumerated, allowing potential attackers to establish a direct connection to these devices while bypassing any firewall restrictions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Let’s look specifically at how this applies to the ‘Secure IT’ sub-theme for NCSAM 2019. Phishing attacks, account takeover (ATO) fraud and data breaches can be mitigated by multi-factor authentication, strong access controls for regular as well as privileged users, and by encrypting all sensitive data for instance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2021

In the SingHealth breach, “bad system management” was responsible for the event, resulting in access to an unsecured administrator account. However, with the emergence of new strains of ransomware that exfiltrate data prior to encrypting it, access control for accounts becomes increasingly important.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

According to court documents, in May 2021, North Korean hackers used a ransomware strain called Ransom.Maui to encrypt the files and servers of a medical center in the District of Kansas. In May 2022, the FBI seized the contents of two cryptocurrency accounts that had received funds from the Kansas and Colorado health care providers.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. First American Financial Corporation data breach (2019). Damages: sensitive leaked account information. Facebook data breach (2019). Damages: leaked account information. Who attacked: no attacker.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

. “We recently were alerted by a third party regarding a security matter that may have affected the Zendesk Support and Chat products and customer accounts of those products activated prior to November of 2016.” ” reads the security notice. API Tokens in Chat do not need to be rotated.

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